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arrow icon. Pitching Peace Like a Tent in Belfast 
Skainos were delighted to host Lord Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform in the UK Parliament. From the left: Lord Freud, Gary Mason (Skainos Chair), Neil Morris

The East Belfast Mission is pitching its tent. The community center, Skainos, an ancient Greek word meaning tent, is being built by missionaries, staff, volunteers, and community members of Ballymacarret in Northern Ireland. All people will be welcome in this East Belfast building which will offer space for outreach groups and individuals seeking healing and transformation.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Christian love | Communities | Conflict | Evangelism | Global connections | Hate | Human rights | Peace | United Methodist Church | Violence | War | Focus on Congregational Development | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Ireland |
Date posted: Nov 04, 2011

arrow icon. Mission Agency's New Chief Shares Faith Journey and Priorities 
Thomas Kemper

Stamford, CT, April 13, 2010--The new chief executive of The United Methodist Church's mission agency traces his interest in Christian service to childhood and college experiences of both the local and worldwide church.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Apr 13, 2010

arrow icon. Hallelujah Moment from East Belfast
 "She began to dream dreams."
Linda Armitage, a United Methodist missionary at the East Belfast Mission, Ireland, has helped many women like Jade and Fiona. Two years ago, Jade walked with her head down and never made eye contact with anyone. Quiet and very shy, she had low self-esteem and no ambitions. Slowly, as Jade was warmly welcomed into our dance group at East Belfast Mission and her one-to-one relationships grew, her confidence increased.
Source: Mission Education
More about: Christian love | Civil rights | Communities | GBGM programs | Human rights | International affairs | Missionaries | United Methodist Church | Ireland |
Date posted: Aug 10, 2007
arrow icon. 35 Years Trouble:  The End of a Phase in Northern Ireland
A woman wheels a stroller with a child past British soldiers near the Holy Cross Catholic Primary School in the North Belfst. Catholics must pass Protestant residential areas to get to school. The Methodist Church of Ireland is one church body that serves both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (a territory of the United Kingdom). In Belfast, Northern Ireland, the Methodist Church sponsors two projects that receive some support from the General Board of Global Ministries.
Source: New World Outlook
More about: Civil rights | Communities | Ecumenical | GBGM programs | Human rights | International affairs | Peace | United Methodist Church | Violence | Partners/partnerships | Urban | Methodism | Ireland |
Date posted: May 01, 2006
arrow icon. European delegates prayerfully celebrate European Union expansion 
Eva Csernak (Hungary), General Conference 2004 The United Methodist General Conference took a moment from their demanding meeting schedule to celebrate the opportunities and challenges facing the ten nations joining the European Union today.
Source: General Conference
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Date posted: May 01, 2004
arrow icon. Peaceful images replace violent themes on Belfast murals 
For years, it has been almost impossible to get to a worship service at the East Belfast Mission, attend a seniors lunch or go to a youth group meeting without confronting images of violence and terror.
They are literally painted on the walls. Paramilitary murals, as they are called, can cover the whole side of a house and often pay tribute to those who have used guns and bombs to make their opinions heard during 30 years of violence between Catholic and Protestant.
Source: United Methodist News Service
More about: Advocacy | Children | Christian love | Communities | Family | GBGM programs | Health | Human rights | International affairs | Justice | Mission opportunities | Missionaries | Youth | Urban | Ireland |
Date posted: Oct 21, 2003
arrow icon. In Belfast, Methodists see regeneration as key to peace 
Down the road from the East Belfast Mission is Harland and Wolff, the shipbuilders famous for building the Titanic.
The yard once employed more than 30,000 from East Belfast's neighborhoods. Now, barely a hundred workers are left. It is just one reason this working class Protestant community is said to be the fifth from the bottom in terms of the worst places to live in Northern Ireland. Three decades of sectarian violence during Northern Ireland's "Troubles" have not helped.
Source: United Methodist News Service
More about: Communities | Ecumenical | Family | Hate | Human rights | International affairs | Justice | Peace | United Methodist Church | Violence | Urban | Methodism | Ireland |
Date posted: Oct 21, 2003
arrow icon. European Methodists find common ground at festival 
At first glance, it may be hard to imagine that European Methodists have met together in large numbers only twice: once during the Cold War and then again this summer. But considering everything that has conspired to keep them apart - differences in language, history, culture, church structure and geography, and even politically fraught visa application processes - one begins to appreciate what an achievement the July 30-Aug. 3 European Methodist Festival really is.
Source: United Methodist News Service
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Date posted: Aug 08, 2003
arrow icon. Work of Methodist women ranges from local to global 
Rosemary Wass knows firsthand the efforts that local churchwomen make to raise money for mission.
In her community of York, England, the British Methodist laywoman has taught Sunday school, served as a local preacher and worked within the women's organization.
Source: United Methodist News Service
More about: Donations | International affairs | Mission opportunities | Women | Ireland | United Kingdom | United States |
Date posted: Mar 06, 2003
arrow icon. Elementary school becomes sectarian battleground 
LONG WALK -- Parents prepare to walk their children to the Holy Cross Catholic Primary School in North Belfast, Northern Ireland, under the protection of British soldiers. Parents and students must walk through a gauntlet of Protestant residents. Local protesters who line the road want parents and students from the Catholic school to use an alternative route away from the Protestant area that borders the front of the school. The air horns and whistles began to blare just beyond the wall of tanks and British soldiers blockading the street. A mother tending a small toddler in a stroller visibly flinched and quickly made the sign of the cross. Another woman covered her ears and grimaced.
Source: United Methodist News Service
More about: Children | Civil rights | Communities | Conflict | Ecumenical | Education | Family | Hate | Human rights | International affairs | Justice | Violence | Ireland |
Date posted: Oct 08, 2001
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